They Had Names

African Americans in Early Records of Liberty County, Georgia

Used as Collateral (Oswald/Maxwell)

Enslaved Persons Named: Allamont, Phyllis

On March 21, 1791, Ann Oswald, widow of Liberty County, and William Maxwell H.B., planter of Liberty County and son of Thomas Maxwell, deceased, used as collateral on a promissory note of 51 pounds sterling to Noble Wimberly Jones and Mary Bulloch, widow, both executors of Noble Jones’ estate, “the following Negroe Slaves, to wit, a Fellow named Allamont, the property of the said William Maxwell, and a wench named Phyllis [alt: Phillis] the property of the said Ann Oswald.” Witnessed by John Graves. Recorded in Liberty County Superior Court on May 30, 1791. 

Source: Family Search.org. Liberty County Superior Court “Deeds and mortgages, 1777-1920; general index to deeds and mortgages, 1777-1958,” Film: Deeds & Mortgages, v. A-B 1777-1793,” Record Book B, 1787-1793, p. 382-4. Image #473-4 (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSLZ-FG96?cat=292358)